More Notes on Egypt

Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes of the after life
Money/barter system was used - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later, coinage came about
Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry, and described anatomy and medical treatments
They wrote hieroglyphs and in hieratic
Soldiers used wooden weapons (bows and arrows, spears) with bronze tips and they might ride on chariots
The upper class of society back than was known as the "white kilt class" - this class consisted of priests, physicians, and engineers
Hatshepsut was a woman who served as a pharaoh